Recent content by Fyldewhite

My oh my, you really are a one trick pony aren't you? I actually feel sorry for you. So much anger. As usual you bring a complex issue down to simple soundbites that say a lot more about you than adding anything to the argument.

Nothing beats good quality Ice Cream for me. 3 scoops - chocolate, vanilla, strawberry.

I often thought the same until I got an automatic. If I know the lights and it's a longish wait or if stuck at the level crossing I use regularly the I usually go in Park. Otherwise I don't bother. I guess there are much higher numbers of automatcs around these days than 20/30 years ago so it...

So we should scrap tax credits then and leave it to "the market" to pick up the slack? That'll happen :) I'm not a massive fan of Tax Credits btw. They have led to wages being suppressed and seen by employers as a wage subsidy for their benefit rather than the employee....especially in smaller...

Yes, and a large part of that was to increase benefits for working age families and children. To give those at the bottom of the social scale a little more. To encourage people into work and to make work pay. Most of these increases were directed at the low paid, not the unemployed, people...

Er not quite accurate. Family Income Supplement changed to Family Credit (which was intended to be a tax credit but never was) in 1988 the basic idea for the tax credits introduced in 2003 had been knocking around for over a decade and was originally a Tory policy. Income Support was also...

Another one targeting losing weight. Lost 3 1/2 stone in 6 months ten years ago and have gradually put it all back on. I suspect it will be a little harder this time! ... but the first step on the road is Tuesday, when I'm back at work using pedal power.

Absolutely. Even his comments made me laugh, the man is a comic genius and has probably waited 20 years too long for this......served his time IMHO and richly deserved.

I'd go along with this. Often thought Knighthoods especially are handed out in response to major achievements and less for a whole career which is what they should be reward for. In every other category from Civil Servants, Charity workers, Politicians, Actors, Musicians it is very unusual to...

We have an open comp for players 0-9 handicap. We have another for 10-18. Sure if you are off 25 you could enter and play off the maximum but why on earth would you do that? Maybe just play in the other 95% of competitions we run that don't have limits. Or maybe practice a bit more? I'm not...

Read my post again. I was simply stating that if you really want to tackle the problem, then that is what would be needed. It will obviously never happen......for the reasons I stated. As others have said (with some good links), the deterrent value of longer sentences is a fallacy.....it simply...

Went to the England Cameroon Quarter Final. Headed to Rome the next day and had a fantastic night drinking at a pavement bar into the early hours with Irish fans who were still celebrating getting to the QF despite losing to the Italians. Brilliant atmosphere and a massive difference to the...

Sorry, don't agree. People like you describe here are basically beyond help, sending them down for 8 months instead of 4 months will have little or no effect and certainly won't deter anyone. They live/exist in the "here and now" and usually drift from one vodka/drugs fuelled binge to the...

In/In. Still worried for the future of Europe.....something we are part of in or out of the EU. It matters, and we have unlocked the box.

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